Auto museum's Spring Car Show next Saturday

The Four States Auto Museum presents its annual Spring Car Show on Saturday, May 18.
The Four States Auto Museum presents its annual Spring Car Show on Saturday, May 18.

Next Saturday brings another round of awesome automobiles downtown with the 14th annual Spring Car Show at the Four States Auto Museum.

Because of the possibility of storms this Saturday, the Four States Auto Museum board decided to reschedule for Saturday, May 18, a week later, said board president Jim Christian.

Traditionally, the spring show is the museum's largest. The fall also brings a car show to the museum at 217 Laurel St. on the Arkansas side of town.

Car owners can register from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Awards will be presented at 3:30 p.m. with cash prizes for Best in Show ($300), 2nd in Show ($200) and 3rd in Show ($100). The entry fee to register a car for the show is $25. Trophies will be given in 30 classes. Burgers, drinks and desserts will be available for purchase.

Dale Bowser, board member, said there will be a 50/50 raffle. Funds raised will be dedicated to the museum and its projects (restorations and similar efforts). A large-screen TV will also be raffled. Door prizes will be given away.

"We take on all comers. There will be antique classics, Model A Fords and such. There will be hot rods. There will be classic cars. There will be muscle cars. There will be Corvettes, there will be Mustangs. And there will be rat rods," Bowser said. Unique trophies will be given.

"There's just a cornucopia of automobiles that will be there, plus about 20 cars inside the museum as well that people can look at," Bowser said. "It's a broad spectrum of cars that you can bring and enter."

Typically, the Spring Car Show averages 200 cars displayed. That's the hope for this year. The fall car show may attract about 100 cars, typically.

What's popular these days?

"The muscle cars, as the baby boomers are getting older, is becoming more and more popular: '55, '56, '57 Chevrolets or classic Chevelles, GTOs, Mustangs and Corvettes of course," Bowser said. Through the Barrett-Jackson auctions, older pickups are becoming more popular, too, he said, noting car enthusiasts are doing full-body restorations on them.

"So that seems to be a new venue of automobilia genre that is growing," Bowser said.

If people don't want to enter their car in the show to be judged, they can still bring a car to the event and find a place to park.

"It's free to the general public or anyone that wants to participate and come and bring their car. It's just that we wouldn't actually display it and judge it," Bowser said.

(More info: 903-490-3934 or FourStatesAutoMuseum.com.)

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